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Budget: 'hard to protect poorest and cut deficit'
As the Institute for Fiscal Studies claims the coalition's budget will hit the poor hardest, former Labour Downing Street policy chief Matthew Taylor tells Channel 4 News it is hard to cut public expenditure without having a bigger impact on low earners. 2020 Commissioner Matthew Taylor's blog mentions our report ‘The Fiscal Landscape: understanding contributions and benefits’.
» Published here: Channel 4
Councils 'not ready' for place-based test
Many councils are not ready to implement place-based budgeting and must shift from their 'comfort zone' to co-ordinate radical Treasury plans for devolved public spending, policy experts have warned.
Bill Cooper, local government partner at consultant KPMG, and Ben Lucas, director of the 2020 Public Services Trust think-tank, told The MJ councils and their partners must 'get-real' over place-based budgeting prior to the Spending Review in October.
» Published here: The MJ
Is the welfare state in terminal decline?
Public services' provision has peaked, but much of the public is unawre of the new future. Steven Toft, director of the consultancy Crucible blogs for the Guardian about our publication Reflections on Public Service Reform in a Cold Fiscal Climate.
» Published here: The Guardian
Radical reform? Hardly, these new NHS plans are plain half-baked
This week, we will start to see whether the coalition government really will put our money where its mouth is. It now has an unrivalled opporunity to reform the NHS. The Daily Mail's Melanie Phillips mentions 2020 Commissioner Stephen Dorrell MP and proposals from our latest publication Improving Health Outcomes - A Guide for Action.
» Published here: Daily Mail
Wanted: better, cheaper public services
With all the talk of transformational change in public services, are public services likely to show real value for money in the face of harsh cuts. The Guardian reports on 2020 Public Services Trust's latest publication 2020 Vision: A far-sighted to transforming public services.
» Published here: The Guardian
The Blog
White Paper, Healthy Debate
The Commission’s health working group published Improving Health Outcomes earlier this month – written by myself and Dr Greg Parston, the group chair. The Monday following the report, Secretary of State Andrew Lansley announced his white paper, and the debate has shifted again. So how do the two match up? Well first of all , we ... more »
Equality and Cohesion in an Age of Austerity
Was the Budget fair? The Chancellor characterised his measures as ‘progressive’ in that the rich stand to lose more than the poor. But not everyone agrees. The IFS calls the claim ‘debateable’ http://www.ifs.org.uk/budgets/budgetjune2010/chote.pdf , largely because it leaves public services out of the equation. It is poorer households that tend to be the biggest public ... more »
A budget for cuts but is it a budget for reform?
This is a tough budget. It adds another £40bn to the already stringent consolidation planned by Labour. We won’t know its full impact for some time to come. The real test will be what happens to the economy and to jobs. If growth continues and gathers pace next year, then the Government will feel vindicated, ... more »
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